Combine with existing list of venues?

[Fifty]

Hi, we already have a database of 250 venues in our WP, build with the Sabai Directory plugin for WordPress http://codecanyon.net/item/sabai-directory-plugin-for-wordpress/4505485

Is there a way to use The Event Calendar in combination with a 3rd party venue directory like this one?

Thanks!

[Josh]

Hey,

Thanks for reaching out to us!

You do have a couple of options, the first would be to modify the way our plugin pulls the venue. However, this would be an extensive customization that we unfortunately wouldn’t be able to guide you through in our support here.

The alternative would be to modify the post type and meta for the current events within the database to have the “tribe_venue” and modify the appropriate contact information meta to have the necessary ids as what’s used in our plugin.

Not sure if I answered your question fully but hopefully this may help in your decision.

Thanks!

[Fifty]

Thanks for these suggestions Josh, although too bad that this needs a lotta tweaking. I’ll also investigate if it’s worth the effort to replace Sabai with your venue system. Is there an import option for venues in TEC? Also, do I need the PRO version for this? (Does the PRO version offer more options for venues)?

Thanks again!

[Josh]

Hey,

No problem. The PRO version does include additional fields for storing longitude and latitude coordinates to be used for the main map views. But other than that they are mostly similar from a content perspective.

We do specific import option for events, venue, and organizers. You can get the data in a CSV and import the information into the appropriate fields.

Let me know if this helps.

Thanks!

[Fifty]

Thanks!

[Josh]

Hey,

No problem! I’ll go ahead and close this thread for now. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to open a new thread.

Thanks!

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